<p><b><font>THE <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</font></b><br><br><b>''Fforde </b><b>pours his brilliant imagination into every corner of this world'' <i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><b>''Fforde</b><b>keeps the puns and neologisms coming thick and fast while exploring every facet of his novel''s intriguing premise'' <i>Financial Times</i></b><br><i><br><b>Every Winter, the human population hibernates.</b><br></i><br>During those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped landscape of desolate loneliness, and devoid of human activity. <br><br><b>Well, not <i>quite.</i></b><br><br> Your name is Charlie Worthing and it''s your first season with the <b>Winter Consuls</b>, the committed but mildly unhinged group of misfits who are responsible for ensuring the hibernatory safe passage of <b>the sleeping masses. </b><br><br> You are investigating <b>an outbreak of viral dreams </b>which you dismiss as nonsense; nothing more than a quirky artefact borne of the sleeping mind.<br><